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Photos from findhorn

Here are two sets of photos on my flickr account from Findhorn here and here. One set is from the ecovillage and the other set if the surround area and people. Here's one of my favourites:

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Osama as Jesus and Mary in a Burka!

The Blake Prize for religious art has had a couple of entries that have cause a bit of a storm... Here are the entries that have cause the storm:

In the real life version Jeus morphs into Osama, which I'd love to get hold of and use in Sanctus1! I'm really not that offended by it and don't think it's that original. The Churches Adveritsing Network have used both Che Guevara and Chairman Mao in their ads and this is really no different from that. I'm also reminded of the Primal Screen song 'Star' - that has one line that says 'one man's freedom fighter is another's terrorist'...any other comments?

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Blind Light and the Ascension

Antony Gormley's latest exhibition, blind light, opened last week at the Hayward. I could help but noticing that the opening day was Ascension day. I think that this is deliberate and may offer an insight into the piec. Gormley was brought up in a Christian home and in a Channel 4 documentary about the piece a few weeks ago he mentioned how appreciative of this he was.

The account of the ascension in Acts talks about a cloud descending onto Christ and then Christ is taken from their sight. Cloud's with the bible are symbolic of God's presence - mount Sinai is shrouded in cloud whilst the Israelites are waiting for the 10 commandments, they follow a cloud in the desert - perhaps Gormley's cloud is symbolic of God's presence in the city?

I also noted that he has placed life size figures around the roof tops of the buildings close to the Hayward. When i went to see Another Place on Sefton Beach it struck me that the figures seemed to be waiting for something...i wonder therefore whether these figures around blind light are waiting? Waiting as the disciples waited for the spirit at Pentecost.

or...it's just a box with dry ice in it.

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